BIT, BEADS' "Green Walkathon" held to celebrate green building week
Mangaluru: Bearys Institute of Technology (BIT) and Bearys Enviro Architecture Design School (BEADS) along with Mangalore University on Saturday organised 'Green Walkathon' as a part of "Green Building Week" here at its Bearys Knowledge Campus.
Vice-chancellor of Mangalore University Dr P Subrahmanya Yadapadithaya flagged off the walkathon from Mangala Auditorium at Mangalore University on Saturday morning.
Speaking after inaugurating the walkathon, Dr. Subramanya said when the conscience of the people is clean, the environment of such society is also clean.
"To preserve life on earth, the preservation of greenery and environment is very important. We all need to come together to save the environment and the earth, to preserve life here," he said.
Presiding over the event, Syed Mohammed Beary spoke about the importance of creating awareness for our environment and added that the green environment is a healthy environment.
"For constructing a building, we chop down several trees, but we never replace it by planting more saplings. Only by planting more trees, we can make our planet greener" he said.
He also spoke about the climate change crisis and how it is affecting millions of lives across the world as we are not able to take care of our nature.
"We are nothing without nature. We are not above nature. It is our responsibility to save the environment and build greenery around us" he added.
The event concluded at the Bearys Knowledge Campus with Syed Mohammed Beary planting saplings in the campus.
Hundreds of students from the BIT, BEADS, and BIT Polytechnic participated in the tree planting exercise at the campus.
In the ample 6 acre land, more than 350 trees were planted including species of trees such as the Burma, Gaduva, Sihi, Stalk Sai, and 5 types of Tulta, and thus the ‘Green Walkathon’ event was concluded.
The Innoli region where Bearys Knowledge Campus is situated is known to be surrounded by rocks and boulders. Intending to make that region full of greenery, the Bearys Group has taken the first step by planting various trees.
BIT Principal Dr. SI Manzoor Pasha welcomed the guest during the event, while Prof. Mubeena Taj sang prayers.
BEADS Principal AR Ashok Mendonca, Dr. Aziz Mustafa, Venkatesh Pai, Santhosh D'Souza, Dr. Abdullah Gubbi and others were present.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
